This past Wednesday, November 12, the 2014 John Carroll Hall of Fame induction ceremony featured six athletes who made their mark here and beyond.
Jim Holdridge '72
High School Awards
Football 1970-1972- Selected All Harford County ’72, Selected 3rd Team All Metro ’72, and JC Spirit Award
Wrestling- 1971-1972- Overall Record 38-2 at Heavyweight, 3rd Place MSA Championships, and winner of all 5 Invitational Tournaments scheduled
Lacrosse 1971-1972- Defenseman with no talent
College Awards
Football 1973-1976- 4 year starter on offensive line
Played on the 1974 undefeated team
Captain of the 1976 National Championship 2nd Place Team
1976 Tiger Award
Wrestling- 1974 Mason Dixon Heavyweight Champion, 1974 NCAA Championships 8th Place of 66 finalist, and 1974 3rd Place Norfolk Mid-Atlantic Invitational
After College Life- Married to Connie Holdridge and they have 3 children and 1 granddaughter. Jim is in Sales at Precision Doors of Delaware
Kristopher Nesbitt
High School Awards
Football- 3 year Varsity Starter
Football Captain Junior and Senior year
1997 Gerry Gray Award recipient
All Harford County Linebacker- Junior and Senior year
All MIAA Linebacker- Junior and Senior year
ALL BIG 33 Linebacker- Senior year
Art Monk Football Camp Top 30 Club- Senior year
Baltimore County/County All Star Game- Senior year, team captain
Named to Baltimore Sun’s 1997 “Who’s Who in High School Sports”
Over 400 career tackles and over 30 career sacks
Full Athletic Scholarship- Shepherd University
College Awards
Two-Time Conference Champion and NCAA playoffs
Two-Time Maryland State Bench Press Champion
Four-Year lacrosse player and 100m sprinter for the tract team
After College Life- Married to Wendy Nesbitt and has 2 boys, Jace and Joe. Kris works at St. John Properties where he is a Project Manager.
Kerry Van Shura McAvoy
High School Awards
1999-2000 Varsity Soccer Letter
1999-2002 National Honor Society
2001 First Team All-State Soccer, First Team All-Conference Soccer
2001, 2002 First Team All-County Soccer & Lacrosse
2000-2002 Varsity Lacrosse Letter
2002 Most Valuable Senior Athlete
2002 Varsity Captain for Soccer and Lacrosse
2002 C. Markland Kelly Award and Al Cesky Scholarship Winner
2002 All Conference Lacrosse
2002 US Lacrosse Federation Academic All-American
2002 High School Heisman Award, Maryland Finalist
Recruited by University of Notre Dame to play Division I Lacrosse
College Awards
2003-2006 Four year Monogram Winner
2004 NCAA Sweet Sixteen Lacrosse (1st Appearance for UND)
2002-2006 Big East Academic All Star 8 Semesters and Academic Excellence Award 8 semesters
2006 Anthropology Honor Society
2006 NCAA Final Four Lacrosse (1st Appearance for UND)
After College Life- Married to Dr. Sean McAvoy, class of 2002 and is currently employed at ONE Environmental Group, LLC, Richmond VA as a Project Manager.
Alex Brueggemann
High School Awards
The only player in JCS history to go undefeated on Golf Team for the entire season (freshman year).
In 2000, the Golf Team (with brother Chuck) won the only A Conference MIAA Golf Team Championship.
2002 A Conference MIAA Individual Golf Champion
2002 A Conference MIAA Player of the Year
2000, 2001, 2002 Varsity Letterman Basketball
2003 he was recruited by Towson University for Division I Golf and played all four years.
College Awards
2003 CAA Rookie of the Year and First Team All-Conference
2 consecutive NCAA appearances (2003/2004-2004/2005). Alex had
3 collegiate wins
5 Top Fives
8 Top Ten.
After College Life- He is currently employed at Under Armor, where he has worked for the past 7 years and lives in Atlanta Georgia.
Allyson Carey
High School Awards
IAAM Soccer Champion 2004 and 2005
IAAM Lacrosse Champion 2007 and 2008
2006, 2007, 2008 All Metro Team
2007 and 2008 Academic All-American
2008 Baltimore Sun Player of the Year
2006 and 2008 Harford County Player of the Year
2006, 2007, and 2008 Captain of Varsity Lacrosse
Apart of the #1 High School Team in the Nation in 2008
2008 #1 Recruit in the Nation
U-19 Gold Medalist in 2007
Women’s USA Gold Medalist 2013
Player of the Match in both U-19 and USA Women’s World Cup vs England
College Awards
All-time leader in draw controls and ground balls at Vanderbilt
3 Time All-American- 1st Team
2010, 2011, and 2012 ALC 1st Team
4 Year Starter at Vanderbilt University
After College Life- Works at Under Armor as an Associate Account Marketing Manager.
Chuck Brueggemann
High School Awards
2000 Captain of the JCS golf team. Lead team to their first and only A Conference MIAA Golf Team Championship (with brother Alex).
2000 A Conference MIAA Individual Golf Champion
One year Varsity Letterman Basketball
2000 he was recruited by Winthrop University Division I Golf and played all four years.
College Awards
Chuck was part of the lowest scoring average freshman class in all of DI Golf 2000-2001
Two time Scholar Athlete Winthrop University.
After College Life- Chuck is recently married and lives in Philadelphia with his wife. He is a Region Account Manager at US WorldMEDS (Medical Sales).
Congratulations to all the new inductees!